We all see it...

I'm fond of the Progressive ads in which Dr. Rick attempts to keep young homeowners from turning into their parents.

They are subversive and sometimes thrum home like an arrow hitting the bullseye.  

But really, blue hair!

Porcupine. They eat wood and have zero fear of humans.

Bit of background: we traveled to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan last summer, where I hoped to find yooperlite rocks. 

These are a UP specialty -- rocks that glow under UV light.  I bought a flashlight that included a UV (blacklight, baby) setting. 
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We didn't find a yooper, but we did have a neat-o-keen time discovering that spiders' eyes often glow in blacklight. Not to mention the CSI-style investigatory moments. 

Young possum ready to hit a rave.

This fall, however, I heard that opossums will fluoresce pink. 

It sounded cool, and since the Would-Be Farm comes very well supplied with possums, it was the work of one evening to track one of the dear creatures down and bother it with light.  

My experiment says: possums show pink-ISH anyhow.

Then, because everything looks like a nail when you're holding a hammer, I went in search of other creatures to flash. 

Enter the porcupine.

Un-retouched photo of a porcupine under black light.

Blue hair. We all see it.  ​